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Webster 1913 Edition
Huff
Huff
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Huffed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Huffing
.] [Cf. OE.
hoove
to puff up, blow; prob. of imitative origin.] 1.
To swell; to enlarge; to puff up;
as,
. huffed
up with airGrew.
2.
To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully.
You must not presume to
huff
us. Echard.
3.
(Draughts)
To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See , 3.
Huff
, Verb.
I.
Huff
,Verb.
I.
1.
To enlarge; to swell up;
as, bread
. huffs
2.
To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense.
This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them
huff
at the doctrine of repentance. South.
3.
(Draughts)
To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; – so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
Huff
,Noun.
1.
A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
“Left the place in a huff.” W. Irving.
2.
A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Lewd, shallow-brained
huffs
make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit. South.
To take huff
, to take offence.
Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Huff
HUFF
, n.1.
A swell of sudden anger or arrogance. A Spaniard was wonderfully upon the huff about his extraction.
2.
A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance. Lewd shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the badge of wit.
HUFF
,Verb.
T.
1.
To hector; to bully; to treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence.HUFF
,Verb.
I.
1.
To bluster; to swell with anger, pride or arrogance; to storm. This arrogant conceit made them huff at the doctrine of repentance.
A huffing, shining, flattering, cringing coward.